Seat cover



H. G. WEDLER Oct. 11, 1932.

SEAT COVER 5 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed April 15. 1929 H. G. WEDLER Oct. 11, 1932..

SEAT COVER Filed April 15, 1929 5 Sheets-Sheet 2 Get. 11, 1932. WEDLER 11,882,169

SEAT COVER 7 Filed April 15, 1929 5 Sheets-Sheet 5 Patented Oct. 11, 1932 UNITED STATES PATENT; OFFICE HARRY G. WEDLEB, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR 1'0 THE WEDIIER-SEUIOBD 00., ST. LOUIS, IISSOUBI, A. CORPORATION OF MISSOURI SEAT COVER Application fled April 15, 1929. Serial No. 855,311.

This invention-relates to seat covers.

An object of the invention is to provide an improved seat cover comprising a seat covering member for application to a seat or seat cushion and having a central portion ofa size properly to cover the upper side of the seat or seat cushion and-provided with flaps for enclosing the sides of the seat or seat cushion and embodying a novel construction andarrangement for obtaining nice and proper fit upon and about the seatv or seat cushion.

Another object of the invention is to pro vide' an improved seat cover comprising a back member constructed and arranged-for application on and about a seatback and having efficient means for retaining proper position thereon.

Another object of the invention is to provide a seat cover capable of satisfactory. use in connection with seats of the type having hinged backs and permitting satisfactory attachment of the seat cover to the seat and back portions of the seat without interfering gvith the freedom of pivotal movement of the ack.

Other objects will appear from the following description, reference being made to the drawings in which Fig. 1 is an outside plan view of the back covering member of my improved seat cover.

Fig. 2 is a view showing the inner slde.

Fi 3 is an outside plan view of the member For covering the seating portionof the seat.

Fig. 4 is an inside plan view.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a seat having my improved cover applied thereto.

Fig. 6 is a rear elevation of the seat.

The seat in connection with which I have shown the present invention and for which this invention is specially designed includes a seat cushion or member 1 having upwardly projecting rigid arms 2 near its rear corners.

The back member 3 has rigid therewith downwardly extended arms 4 located at the sides of the arms 2 and connected therewith by pivots 5. The cooperative relationship of these parts is such that the back member 3 may be swung forwardly and laid upon the seat or cushion 1 or raised to approximately vertical position in which it will be firmly supported by the cooperative relationship of the pivotally connected arms 2 and 4, as is familiar. A purpose of the present invention is to provide improved covers for the seat or cushion 1 and for the back member 3 which may be detachably secured thereto and which will protect said parts and the clothes of the user without interfering in the least with the freedom of operation of the back member3.

This purpose is satisfactorily accomplished, The back of my improved seat cover may include both a facing and a lining or backing made of proper shape and size and secured together in cooperative relationship so that said back -covering member may be readily and satisfactorily applied to the hinged seat back for which it is designed and intended. Preferably, though not essentially, the facing is a textile and the lining or backing may also be made of a textile fabric or of other appropriate material. For the facing I have found that a textile having woof and warp elements about the size of the straws of straw matting is highly satisfactory, but I do not restrict myself to the use of such material. This material, however, possesses advanta es because it is pliable enough for its intend ed purpose and will retain a smooth shape and condition better than ordinary textile cloth and is more easily cleaned. In mentioning In the embodimentshown the facing of the.

back covering member comprises a textile body 6 of a size sufficient to cover properly the front of the back member 3 and having at each end an elongation or extension 7 projecting laterally or endwise beyond the lateral ends of the body 6 sufliciently to extend rearwardly across the side edges of the back I' portions- The edge of the backing lining isfaction be applied to a seat having a hinged 4 is covered by the marginal portion of the faca member 3 and to fold inwardly at the rear of said back member 3 to overlapped relations ship-(Fig. 6). One. of the extensions 7 has attached thereto a number of straps 8 v I equipped. with buckles or catches 9 for engagement with a corresponding series of straps 10' attachedto the other extension. These buckles 9 may be of the friction type for more precise and accurate adjustment. 10 The bod V cal widtli than the width of t e extensions7, such greater vertical width beingobtained by an upward extensionll of the body which 'extendsto the upper edge of the back m ber 3. The side edges of the extension 11 merge with the upper edges ofthe extensions 7 by ogee curves 12. Thus the extensions 7 are of' suflicient width to extend around to the rear side of the'back member. 3 of the seat but do .30 not rise above the rounded upper portions of said backmemberso that no ockets are formed, as would be the'case i the upper edges of the extensions 7 extended above an portions of the rounded corners 3' Sue pockets would be objectionable because they would form catches or receptacles in which dirt and other foreign substances wouldbecome lodged. v

Preferably the loweriedge 13 of the body tilportion 6 is alined with the lower edges 14 'of the extensions 7 but is defined therefrom by relatively wide notches 15 of sufiicient width and depth to avoid interference with the hinges above described by which the back y member is attached to the seat member.

. a The lining or backing comprises a section 16 of cloth or other material appropriate for such purpose having the same shape as the facing.

- marginal portionsof the facing andbacking are permanently attached together by; a line of stitches 17 passing through said folded ing; that is to say, the lining or backing does not extend entirely to the edge of the facing so that only the facing is visible when the device is in-use.

A strap 18 is attached to the extension 11 of the body 6 and passes over the upper end of the back member 3 of the seat and engages with one of the buckles or fasteners 9 (Fig. 6). In this way a good fit of the back cover ing member is maintained and 'saidback covering member is held from working from proper position. a Y The covering member for the seat 1 comprises a body19 having on each lateralside 790 a short extension 20. A forward extension 21. of the seat covering member constitutes a drop to extend downwardly at the front of'the seat 1; and the rear extension 22 is designed and adapted to extend downward- 1yat the rear of the seat 1. A flap 23 is at- 6 is of considerabl greater-verti-'- The margmal edges of the facing and the'backing' are folded inwardly and the nexed drawings tached to'each of the extensions '20 by a row of stitches 24,' the adjacent marginal edges 'of the extensions 20 andthe flaps 23 being folded and sewed to form darts 26 whereby neat fit is obtained at the front corners of the seatl.

device is provided with lining or lfi g mprising a sheet 27 of cloth or other material appropriate for such purpo so formed with sewed plaits or darts 28 matching the darts 26. The marginal edges of the facing and of the lining or backing are-turned inwardly and the marginal portions of said two members are secured together by a row i of stitches 29 passing through the inwardly folded portions of said parts. Apair of straps 30 is attached to each of the I ends. 21 and 22 and to each of the flaps 23 for the purpose of extending under the seat 1 for attachment to hold the device in position thereon.

All or any of the. rts of the facing may .be

' made of textile fa rics. Particularly I have found that the textile fabric having woof and wa elements "about the size of the straws o straw matting is highly satisfactory, as such material possesses the desirable ualit and characteristic of pliability and 'exib' 'ty and a suflicient degreeof resiliency and smoothness of'surface to obtain best results. A lining of cloth or the like strengthens the device. The rear edges of the flaps23 may, if desired, be attachedto the tenets 31.

From the foregoing it is apparent that my invention comprises a seat coverin member and a back covering member 0 novel and highly satisfactory construction and arrangement and which may with complete sat back member; that said parts are flexible and readily adjust and .adapt themselves to side edges of the rear extension 22 by fascover that is needed for the seat and back.

The advantages of this device must. be clear from the preceding description and the anskilled in the art that the device may be varied within equivalent limits without departure from the nature and rinciple of the invention. By making the evice in detached parts, that is to say, by making the and it is obvious .tothose of the other or both canbe used in cooperative relationship as herein described.

I do not restrict myself in any unessential respects, but what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:-

'1. A cover for a seat back that has downwardly extended supports near its side edges and an uninterrupted space between said su ports comprising a bod extendin entire y 10 around said back and enc osing the out, rear and sides and having its ends at the rear of said back andhaving notches in its lower edge receiving said supports, the lower edge of said body between said notches at the front 15 and beyond said notches at the rear being approximately even with the lower end of said back, and detachable means connecting the ends of said body.

2. A cover for a seat back that has spaced 0 supporting members extendin downward ly therefrom comprising a body of flexible and pliable material extending entirely around said back and having its lower edges at the front and rear approximately even 26 with the lower end of said back and having spacednotches in its lower edge receiving said supports, means securing together 'the ends of said body at the rear of said back, and a device supporting said body 30 around the back.

- HARRY G. WEDLER. 

